CVNI aims to develop a comprehensive knowledge base and guidance for the management of Sacred Sites and for the integration of cultural and spiritual values in ecosystem and conservation Management & Policy. Taking a peoples based approach towards conservation management CVNI’s strengths lay in putting local peoples perceptions to practice. This way, the results of CVNI's work may be locally owned, implemented, sustained and further developed. The work of CVNI takes place along two main themes. Integrating cultural and spiritual values into nature conservation Management & Policy and the management of Sacred Sites. Both themes run parallel at various Case Studies. CVNI develops global Case Studies which will cover experiences from various continents to safeguard an open and flexible approach to a range of cultural worldviews, perceptions and values. As the potential case studies are in the process of being developed with collaborating organizations and selection is ongoing, CVNI focuses on locations with partnerships for field-testing and potential to develop “best practice” and “lessons learned” examples. | 
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